The Rev. Suzanne Darcy Dillahunt will be installed on Saturday as the first female bishop of the
Southern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Dillahunt’s installation at Wittenberg University in Springfield will also mark the first time a
woman has been named bishop of a corporate-size ELCA synod.

The Columbus-based synod has 203 congregations with about 70,000 baptized members.

Dillahunt, of Marysville, began serving as bishop on Sept. 1.

Dillahunt previously served as the synod’s assistant to the bishop and as pastor at Grace
Lutheran Church in Eaton, Peace Lutheran Church in Gahanna and Christ Lutheran Church (now Faith in
Christ Lutheran) in Springfield.